The public statement, in a number of instances, contains material that,
when compared to the contents of the underlying classified status report
from Mr. Duelfer that was submitted to the Armed Services Committee for
the hearing this morning, includes material that suggests that Iraq had an
active weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program while leaving out
information that would lead one to doubt that it did.

I am therefore calling for the CIA to declassify, to the extent
possible, the whole report so the public can reach their own conclusions.

Mr. Duelfer's public statement is written to express the author's
"suspicions" as to Iraq's activities relating to possible weapons of mass
destruction programs or activities while leaving out information in the
classified report which points away from his suspicions.

Mr. Duelfer's statement raises the same issues of selective use of
information in public statements of the CIA that have been such a problem
for the credibility of the Intelligence Community's pre-war estimates
related to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.